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A new book combines the memories and culinary skills of one Chinese political dissident who lived through the country's Cultural Revolution. Since food was rationed, Sasha Gong learned to cook with whatever she could find. "There's something about humanity," she says. "It's hard to suppress."

Plans are afoot to build new coal terminals on the West Coast to ship the lucrative commodity to China. But the mayor and activists in Bellingham, Wash., want to keep the city's green image and move beyond its industrial past.

"Theater of War" Dramatic Readings For San Diego's Military Community

A middle school jab goes something like this: "We're having an A-B conversation, so you can C your way out." I bring this up because there's a workplace parallel to this that doesn't seem to have a name. It's when you're having an A-B email conversation and one party suddenly copies your boss, manager or someone more senior, in order to get an advantage in the discussion at hand.

10,000 B.C.

European Union ministers are threatening to cut off billions in bailout money if Greek legislators don't pass painful austerity measures to dig out of an economic crisis. If Greece defaults on its debts, economists say bank lending could grind to a halt and that the Aegean nation — or perhaps the whole EU — could spiral into a double-dip recession.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks' new book is a thoughtful look at hallucinations — visual and otherwise. In this exclusive excerpt, we learn about auditory hallucinations — and that not everyone who hears voices is necessarily mentally ill.

Education has been a critical topic for Michel Martin at NPR's Tell Me More, and we are eager to again tackle the topic of learning and education.

Not too long ago, it wasn't clear if the gray-flannel U.S. had a sense of humor. Madonna even exhorted America to "lighten up!" Now, with practically every serious matter reduced to a punch line, the question is: Does this country have a sense of what's important?

Every night for thousands of years, bats have poured out of the Bracken Cave Reserve, near San Antonio, by the millions. But conservationists are worried that plans for a housing development nearby will disrupt the bats' rural habitat.